Tag: biker

A SURVIVOR of a serious motorcycle accident has had pioneering surgery to reconstruct his face using a series of 3D printed parts.Stephen Power is thought to be one of the first trauma patients in the world to have 3D printing used at every stage of the procedure. Doctors at Morriston […]

CHANGES to tax disc legislation could leave bikers unable to buy or sell machines that road have tax remaining. Under the planned rule changes, vehicles will no longer need to display a tax disc because proof of taxation is stored automatically on servers shared by the police, insurers and other […]

MOTORCYCLE clothing retailer Hein Gericke has gone into administration for the second time in less than 18 months. Most of the 16 UK stores that remained following the firm’s initial collapse in 2012 have now shut, with staff sent home and told they are no longer employed by the company. […]

MV AGUSTA is renowned for producing exquisite, expensive and often temperamental motorcycles but that’s all changing with the introduction of a more affordable platform of bikes. The F3 800 may not be the most powerful or expensive motorcycle to come from the Italian manufacturer, but it is still utterly exquisite. […]

A MOTORBIKE-MAD vicar is revving up for his latest challenge as he returns home to Wales. The Rev Mark Prevett will be licensed as priest in charge of Merthyr Tydfil, St David and Abercanaid next week by the Archbishop of Wales. The 54-year-old takes over from the Rev Martyn Davies, […]

THE BMW R1200 GS Adventure is a big, big bike. Too big for a lot of people and if you watched the fun Ewan McGregor et al had trying to pick them up all the time during The Long Way Round/Down, you’d think twice about taking one green-laning. But there’s […]

FANCY a pillion ride with Cal Crutchlow, Scott Redding or James Toseland?Bennetts insurance is offering 100 lucky bikers the chance to win a ticket to their latest Ultimate Track Day at Cheshire’s Oulton Park, hosted by the three star riders and ‘celebrity guest instructor’ Jamie Whitham. All the famous racers […]

THE WORD ‘biker’ has had its dictionary definition updated after complaints that it didn’t accurately represent modern-day motorcyclists. The Oxford English Dictionary has changed the old definition, which read: ‘motorcyclist, especially one who is a member of a gang’, with the example ‘a long-haired biker in dirty denim’. The […]

LOVE was in the air ahead of Valentine’s Day when one lucky biker received the surprise of a lifetime. Angela McCann was ‘all shook up’ when she opened her front door to find Elvis on her doorstep on a Harley-Davidson motorcycle, who went on to explain that her dream to […]

AN OUTRAGEOUS world-first stunt has seen a superbike ridden underneath a car – while the car was being driven on two wheels around one of Silverstone’s famous corners. Pro bike racer Chris ‘The Stalker’ Walker rode a Kawasaki ZX-10R Ninja British Superbike underneath a special edition Alfa Romeo MiTo SBK […]